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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Emperor of Rome in the East (364–378) who ruled in conjunction with his brother Valentinian I in the West. He died in a battle against the Goths.
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The abdication of Valens is the first article of the treaty.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Gold coins of this type were known in Valens’ time as solidii.
Gold coins of Emperor Valens found in Egypt : Coin Collecting News 2008
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M.] 67 Gregory Nazianzen (Orat.xxv. p. 432) insults the persecuting spirit of the Arians, as an infallible symptom of error and heresy.] 68 This sketch of the ecclesiastical government of Valens is drawn from Socrates, (l.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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On this date in 1959, the “music died” when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were killed in a plane crash near Clearlake, Iowa.
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 However, I think Valens would have been an inspiration to other Hispanic stars that he would have helped break into the business.
Alternate Realities: What if the Music Had Not Died? | myFiveBest 2010
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It was performed by Cajun-singer, Johnny Preston, but written by J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, who suffered his own tragedy by being one of the people aboard the doomed aircraft that also killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
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Chris Valens , a spokesman for the Department of State, said the attorney general's office "never told us" there was a continuing investigation.
Group Under Fire Gets Grant Michael Howard Saul 2011
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Despite being born in the United States, Valens was known for his Hispanic origins and songs like La Bamba.
Alternate Realities: What if the Music Had Not Died? | myFiveBest 2010
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Valdezs second film opened in 1987: La Bamba, the story of Ricardo Valenzuela, known to the world of rock n roll as Ritchie Valens.
Luis Valdez 2010
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With a few notable exceptions like Torchwood, Elizabeth Bear's Col. Valens in Scardown/Hammered/Worldwired, Laurell K. Hamilton's vampires and Starhawk's The Fifth Sacred Thing, positive portrayals of bi and pansexual characters in SF/F seem to be rather scarce.
Wiscon 33 - Bisexual and Pansexual Characters in SF/F julieandrews 2009
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